CONSTABLE, Giles

CONSTABLE, Giles. American (born England), b. 1929. Genres: History. Career: Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, assistant professor, became associate professor, 1958-66; Lea Professor of medieval history, 1966-77; professor of history, 1977-. Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection, Washington, DC, member of board of scholars, 1973-80; director, 1977-; senior fellow, 1980-. Center for Advanced Studies in Medieval Civilization, Poitiers, France, lecturer, 1961; Catholic University of America, visiting professor, 1978-. Speculum, assistant editor, 1958-78. Writer and editor. Publications: Monastic Tithes from Their Origins to the Twelfth Century, 1964; (ed.) The Letters of Peter the Venerable, 2 vols, 1967; (ed. with B. Smith) Libellus De Diversis Ordinibus et Professionibus Qui Sunt in Aecclesia: Orders and Callings of the Church, 1972; Medieval Monasticism: A Select Bibliography, 1976; Cluniac Studies, 1980; Attitudes Toward Self-Inflicted Suffering in the Middle Ages, 1982; (with A.P. Kazhdan) People and Power in Byzantium: An Introduction to Modern Byzantine Studies, 1982; (ed. with R.L. Benson and C.D. Lanham) Renaissance and Renewal in the Twelfth Century, 1982; (author of intro) Apolgiae Duae, edited by R.B.C. Haygens, 1985; Monks, Hermits, and Crusaders in Medieval Europe, 1988; (ed. with T. Evergates) The Cartulary and Charters of Notre-Dame of Homblieres, 1990; (ed. with E.H. Beatson and L. Dainelli) The Letters between Bernard Berenson and Charles Henry Coster, 1993; Three Studies in Medieval Religious and Social Thought, 1995. Editor of scholarly journals. Address: 506 Quaker Rd., Princeton, NJ 08540, U.S.A.